[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by island_dude
Well, it is true that a standard part of our tactics is to employ propaganda. For some reason I am troubled by this, but I am having difficulty sorting out why. I suspect that in this case I expect that the information is basically untrue or highly spun.

I am thinking of the civilians here. Right now, they are in a state of flux. Their lives have been turned upside down. In some ways for the better, and in many for the worse. How are they suposed to make any informed decisions at the polls if there is no objective source of information. I think it does the civilian population no good at all if they decide that anything we publish has not credibility. It makes matters worse if they now believe that many news items are planted.

For me the bottom line is that the civilian population will not be inclined to beleive anything that seems positive -- even if it is true. Doesn't that go against our interests?

While I can somewhat agree with you, I would have to side with CC and if its telling the truth, then whats the harm?

About believing anything, do we do that now? Look at the various talking heads and the slant that they put on our nightly news and so on. While most of it may be true (except CBS and Rathergate) it has the slant that the news director wants and who knows if that is the truth or slightly propaganda?

JoeA